Central · inland · ~17 mi from San Juan
Living in Caguas
Residents live in a substantial inland city that functions as a key part of the San Juan metropolitan area, with urban amenities and mountain valley surroundings close to the capital.
How Caguas sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Caguas.
Housing and money
Median rent in Caguas runs 24% above the median of the 78 towns (11th highest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $659/momedian town $534 · 11th highest of 78
- Median home value
- $151,000median town $115,700 · 10th highest of 78
- Median household income
- $31,379/yrmedian town $24,070 · 8th highest of 78
- Income per person
- $21,862median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 67%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 17%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 36%median town 44.1%
- Typical home built
- 1980median year
For scale: the U.S. median rent is $1,413 and household income $80,734; Puerto Rico's, island-wide, are $578 and $26,297. Full cost-of-living comparison.
Work and getting around
The typical commute is 29 minutes, 1 minute longer than the median of the 78 towns.
- Typical commute
- 29 minmedian town 27 min · 32nd longest of 78
- Work from home
- 6.8%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 0.3%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 8.2%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 86%median town 80.6% · 15th highest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~17 miNext door: Gurabo, Aguas Buenas, San Lorenzo, Trujillo Alto, Cidra, Cayey and San Juan
People
- Population
- 125,586Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 58.6 sq mi (151.8 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 2,142median town 763 · 9th densest of 78
- Median age
- 44.5median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 36%median town 24.1% · 7th highest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Caguas today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 675.3 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- 100.8 per 10k · median town 0.7
- Parks
- 544.3 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 483.8 per 10k · median town 2.4
- Beaches
- 0inland
Counts from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): what volunteers have mapped, not an official register. Places our guide recommends in Caguas.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Caguas is not on an AAA rationing calendar. Reservoir levels & the rationing calendar
- Power. LUMA reports outages by sector; the live tracker shows how many sectors in Caguas are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 13.9 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, below most towns of the 78 towns (14 homicides that year). Every town, with context
- Hurricanes. Every town prepares the same way; the Puerto Rico version of the checklist starts from a grid and water system that take longer to come back. Prepare
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024 (small towns carry wide margins of error); OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), mapped as of Oct 4, 2026; Puerto Rico Police Bureau, SAEC Type I, 2025 full year; AAA: Plan de Interrupciones Programadas.